C41
Kodak Gold 200
Kodak Gold 200 is a daylight-balanced C-41 color negative film with warm color, moderate grain, and a classic consumer-film look.
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The Olympus Pen FT (1966) adds a **TTL CdS meter** to the Pen F's half-frame SLR design. The meter reads through the rotary shutter at full aperture (open-aperture metering with Pen F-mount lenses), shows aperture readout in the viewfinder via numerical scale. Same body as Pen F: rotary titanium focal-plane shutter, porro-prism viewfinder, interchangeable lens mount. The meter is the difference — earlier Pen F (1963) had no meter; later Pen FV (1967) was a meter-less FT body for photographers who didn't want the slightly dimmer FT viewfinder (the meter cell sits in the light path).
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C41
Kodak Gold 200 is a daylight-balanced C-41 color negative film with warm color, moderate grain, and a classic consumer-film look.
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Kodak UltraMax 400 is a versatile consumer-grade ISO 400 daylight-balanced color negative film with T-grain emulsion, delivering warm Kodak colors, fine-for-speed grain (PGI 46), and wide exposure latitude. Currently in production and available globally as a single-roll and multi-pack.
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About this camera
The Pen F with a TTL meter. Maitani's half-frame SLR, refined for working photographers.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 35mm half-frame (18×24 mm) |
| Mount | Olympus Pen F |
| Years | 1966–1970 |
| Shutter | 1s – 1/500s, rotary titanium focal-plane |
| Flash sync | All speeds |
| Meter | TTL CdS, aperture-coupled |
| Modes | Manual |
| Weight | 540 g |
| Battery | 1× PX625 mercury (meter only) |
Released 1966 as the metered version of the Pen F. Production ran 4 years until 1970 alongside the Pen FV (the metered-out third sibling). Total Pen F-series production was ~250,000 units across F / FT / FV.
For half-frame interchangeable-lens SLR shooting with metering, the FT is the practical choice. The meter eliminates the need for external metering or sunny-16 estimation. Same Maitani-designed rotary shutter and porro-prism finder as the original Pen F, same Pen F lens system access.
For 2026 buyers, the FT runs $350–700 used — slightly more than a meterless Pen F. The meter is voltage-sensitive (mercury PX625) so a Wein zinc-air or MR-9 adapter is required for accurate readings.
Same Olympus Pen F lens system. 38/1.8 standard (kit), 25/4 wide, 60/1.5 fast portrait, 70-150 zoom, 100/3.5 short tele, 38/3.5 macro. The 60/1.5 in particular is excellent.
Ilford HP5 Plus is a flexible ISO 400 black-and-white film with classic grain and strong push-processing tolerance.
C41
Kodak Portra 400 is a professional C-41 color negative film known for flexible exposure latitude, natural skin tones, and fine grain.
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Kodak Tri-X 400 is a classic black-and-white film known for strong tonality, visible grain, and documentary character.
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